Supportive Infectious Diseases Studies

Non-therapeutic protocols address such issues as side effects or long-term effects of therapy, quality of life, making testing easier on the children, prevention of pain, and issues related to nutrition and stress. There are also tissue and blood banking protocols for laboratory researchers who are studying diseases and searching for underlying causes and cures. The research at St. Jude is designed to include all aspects related to the care of sick children and their families.

This is a non-therapeutic clinical trial that is only open to St. Jude patients.

Participant > 2 months of age and < 21 years of age at enrollment.

Participant has or is scheduled to have an external tunneled central venous catheter (CVC) (Broviacs, Hickmans, tunneled percutaneously inserted central PICCs), that is expected to remain in place for an additional > 3 months.

Participant with a current or previous line infection completed antibiotics > 14 days ago.